Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
I’ve known God basically all my life and I still have trouble believing the extreme width and depth and height of the Divine love for me. What if we don’t believe the good things about God because we mistakenly attribute the bad things satan does to God? Evil is so in-our-face, on the news constantly; negative, annoying drivers and line-cutters and rude business people abound. I know I get overwhelmed by it all and forget that this was never God’s intention. God wants to bless us. I’m about to board a plane to watch my daughter ride in the World Equestrian Games. If you look at our finances we shouldn’t be able to afford to own horses let alone have such amazing experiences; yet somehow God makes it work. Why don’t I hold onto the dreams God is bringing to life around me in the face of the onslaught of frustrations that threaten to strangle me? It’s a choice I’m making, and I’m planning to start making the positive one. I am going to choose to live in the awe and wonder of what God is doing, and leave satan and his evil agenda to God’s justice – it is coming!
Tags: about satan, choosing the positive, Discussing God, Evidence of God, God in our world, God of love, owning my choices, Who is God?
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Today I got an email report from a couragous teenager who is the daughter of a precious friend. Erica just arrived in Nepal where she is going to support local Christians and train other young-people to share about the love of Christ.
I was struck by her joy and her observations:
“Yesterday we went to a Buddist temple commonly known as the “monkey temple” and wow- how thankful I am that I serve the God that I do! This is the third most famous/popular buddist temple in the world and it was so crowded with people, idols, incence, monkeys, dogs, flags and prayer wheels. It was quite an experience as as we hiked up the 365 steps to the top and wandered around the different areas. It was so disheartening because looking around at the participants, they were all so burdened.
Today (Saturday) is the Sabbath here, so our translators took us to their church and it was awesome! The people were so passionate about living out the life of Christ and sharing with those around them. It is also incredibe to worship the same God with a body of believers who couldn’t be more different, yet we were all unified in Christ! It was also incredible to see the stark difference between the people at the temple, and those at the church – they couldn’t have been more different. The people at the church had life and hope in their eyes – it was so refreshing!”
How I need to appreciate the God who has given me the light in my eyes and the joy in my steps by lifting the burdon of death – Thank you Erica for the reality lesson! And THANK YOU God Almighty for being a God of love, and power, and grace!
Tags: Buddist, Christian, God of love
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